by Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang & Caroline Tanner | Apr 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of local DMV students walked out of their classrooms today to march from the White House to the Capitol, to urge lawmakers to pass legislation for gun control. Students in D.C. were joined by students from across the country, and...
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by Shelby Fleig | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Health
Brian Mendell committed suicide at age 25 because he was ashamed of his opioid addiction, despite not having used drugs in more than a year, his father told a House subcommittee Thursday as he demanded that Congress pass laws to fight the epidemic. Mendell is one of...
by Anna Kook | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Congress needs to hold all of the Olympic governing bodies accountable for ignoring sexual abuse because the problem goes beyond USA Gymnastics and the conviction of gymnasts’ doctor, Larry Nassar, Olympic medalists from different sports told a Senate...
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by Xinyi(Ethel) Jiang | Apr 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON —The GOP chairman of a powerful tax-writing committee says he is determined to push forward with “phase two” of tax reform, despite rising budget deficits and the initial unpopularity of recent tax cuts. In a Wednesday keynote at the Heritage Foundation,...
by Elizabeth Beyer | Apr 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Tax Day on Capitol Hill featured some political theater as Democratic congressional leaders, labor unions, and advocates for children and seniors blasted President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan for pushing through a tax reform law that...
by Cailin Crowe | Apr 13, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland, introduced legislation to combine addiction recovery programs with job training to address Ohio’s labor shortage caused by the state’s opioid epidemic. The U.S. Labor Department says an average of 11 Ohio residents...
